Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center

Raul PalmaSemantic Technologies Coordinator

Network Services Division22/10/2015. Lisbon, Portugal

Towards the development of smart agriculture infrastructure in Wielkopolska region

Raul PalmaOctober 2015

How to build a smart infrastructure in the region ?

• Identifying and engaging stakeholders• Defining scenarios and goals• Setting up the base infrastructure• Building and/or deploying smart services and

applications• Testing and user trialing• Disseminating activities and results

Experiences and lessons learned

Identifying and engaging stakeholdersCovering the overall ecosystem

R&D• Poznan University of Life Sciences (PULS)• Institute of Plant Genetics PAS (IGR)• Institute of Plant Protection (IOR)• Institute of Meteorology and Water Management

(IMGW)• Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation

(IUNG)• Research Institute of Horticulture Public bodies• Wielkopolska Agricultural Advisory Centre (WODR)• Wielkopolska Chamber of Agriculture (WIR)• Institute of Geodesy and Cartography (WODGiK)• Regional Advisory Centres

Business• ALMA SA• NetICTech SA• Wielkopolska ICT Cluster• Grupa Azoty Zakłady Azotowe Puławy SA • Grześkowiak

Reaching individual farmer is hard!

Defining scenarios and goalsExamples

Wielkpolska Agricultural Advisory Center Tasks:

Implementation of innovative solutions Promoting good results in the region training, presentations and demonstrations in farms

Network of demonstration farms ~ 100 Participate in the implementation of innovative solutions Promote good results in the region Animal Production Profiles Plant Production Profiles Practices carried on by students

Initiated collaboration with PSNC in FOODIE project: Proposed use case for agro-meteorological forecasts DSS Associated with the obligation to apply principles of integrated pest

management by professional users of plant protection products Scenarios:

Scenario A – Data on crop and weather data. Scenario B – Modeling diseases and pests. Scenario C – Presentation of data and calculation results. Scenario D – Notifications

Driving requirements for marketplace in the agri-food sector

Defining scenarios and goals

• University of Life Sciences in Poznan, Faculty of Agriculture and Bioengineering (PULS)

– Collaboration in the context of SmartAgriFood project– Support and assessment of SMEs developing smart application for the agri-food sector

• Wielkopolska Chamber of Agriculture (WIR)– Established communication– Requirements for farmers

• Consultants and former members of the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW) Poznan branch

– Established communication– Draft scenarios on water management:

• Scenario A – Small water retention in delimited area.• Scenario B – Proper water conditions advise.• Scenario C – Maintenance of reclamation facilities and slow-flowing water streams in

protection of environment• Scenario D – Impact of climate changes in the production over time

More examples

Setting up the infrastructure

Polish e-Infrastructure: driving force for ICT innovation ecosystems• 21 Academic Optical Based MAN • 5 HPC (High Performance Computing) Centers • Connected with owned fiber infrastructure –

PIONIER network (Polish Optical Internet)• Science Services Platform – PLATON

– VC, eduroam, campus, archiving, science HDTV• Digital Libraries Federation• National Data Storage

HPC infrastructure at PSNC: production QA environment• Computing power, archive systems, Internet and

network services, cloud infrastructure provider• FIWARE-lab node: PaaS, account, monitoring, SDC

Foundations and example

Goal:Integration and implementation of scientific research results via the development of services for public administration, healthcare, education and the social area.

Example: FOODIE cloud

Building, deploying and integrating datasets, services and applications

• FOODIE Marketplace developed by PSNC– virtual space that connects consumers and producers of

agricultural data and applications – for offering/selling resources– for enabling their collaboration– main driver: WODR

• BII tools deployed at PSNC for– storage of phenotypic data in ISA-TAB format– main driver: IPG – PAS (pilot project)– Vision: creation of polish Elixir node

• Resources at the region/national level to integrate– DSS on treatment of late potato blight (WODR)– DSS in protection against rust brown (IOR)– Meteo stations network (WODR/IOR/others)– Regional Knowledge base in agriculture (WODR)– Farmers statistics (Advisory centers)– Epidemic Disease Forecasting System (Plant Genetics) …

• Smart apps developed by SMEs in SAF2 project– Deployed in FIWARE-lab– Supported by PSNC (technical & trailing in the region)

Examples

User trialing and dissemination activities

• Identification of potential trial sites in the region– WODR’s network of (~100) demonstration farms – Farms vary on size (6-3200 ha), production type, and conditions– Enabling the communication between farmers and application developers

• E.g., SmartAgriFood project funds development of smart farm apps, now to start trialing period

• Identification of relevant events in the region– ~15 per year with participation of multiple farmers and other stakeholders– According to WODR the best way to disseminate services/applications is at

such events• Include training

– On site, e.g., in the farms identified we can do trainings, presentations and demonstrations in collaboration with the advisory centers

– On events, including conference, seminars, workshops, etc.

Initial steps and examples

Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center

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affiliated to the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences,